WA_PY108

DATE:  Dec. 23, 2003

USDA BUYS:  BULK PACK LIGHT FOWL; ENDS PROGRAM 

     The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) today purchased 108,000 pounds of bulk pack fowl at
a cost of approximately $29,,000 for domestic food nutrition
assistance programs.  Details of today’s purchase follow:

                                 Awarded Prices       No. of Bids
Product            Pounds        Inv. No. 1           Accepted

bulk pack fowl     108,000       $0.2649              1 of 1
  
	It was also announced that the purchase program for bulk pack
fowl is now complete.
  
     Total purchases of bulk pack fowl since the program was
announced on Oct. 9, follow:

                        Cumulative                Cumulative
Product                 Pounds                    Dollars

bulk pack fowl          252,000                   $ 64,000

     Inquiries may be made by telephoning (202) 720-7693 
or addressing the Contracting Officer, USDA/AMS/Poultry 
Programs, Commodity Procurement Branch STOP 0260, 1400
Independence Ave., SW, Washington, D.C. 20250.  An electronic
version of this Food Purchase Report can be obtained through the
world wide web via the Commodity Procurement Home Page at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/cp.

      The awards for bulk pack fowl made today under Announcement
PY-280, Invitation 2, to be delivered from Jan. 16 to Jan. 31,
2004, follow:


 ANNOUNCEMENT   : PY280
 COMM GROUP     : CHICKEN, FROZEN
 INVITATION     : 002

 COMMODITY TYPE : CHICKEN LGHT BLK FOWL FRSH/FZN
 PACK SIZE      : BULK PACK

 CONTRACTOR NAME: CRIDER'S, INC.
 PLANT ADDRESS  : LINCOLNTON      GA

 ITEM   ----DESTINATION----     QUANTITY     PRICE PER
  NUM        CITY        ST     (LBS )        (LB  )
 ----   ---------------- --   -----------   -----------
  001   STILLMORE        GA       108,000   $    0.2649



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